Aaron Burmeister and Brent Sass improved their previous personal best Iditarod finishes upon making the un-burled arch at Deshka Landing. Aaron claimed 3rd place in 2020 and Brent earned 4th place in 2020. Today Aaron crossed the finish line in second and Brent crossed in third. Burmeister and Sass were in position to challenge 2021 …
Rookie Iditarod musher Jeremy Traska (bib #5) of Two Rivers, Alaska, scratched at midnight at the Nikolai (S) checkpoint. Traska made the decision to scratch in the best interest of his race team. Traska had nine dogs in harness at the time he made the decision to scratch.
Dallas Seavey claimed his fifth Iditarod Championship at 05:08 Monday morning. He covered the 848 mile Gold Trail Loop in 7 days, 14, hours and 8 minutes, finishing with 10 dogs in harness. The 49th Iditarod threw many challenges at mushers including frigid temperatures, navigating the Farewell Burn, the Dalzell Gorge, the Alaska Range and …
Veteran Iditarod musher Dallas Seavey (bib #23) of Talkeetna, Alaska, crossed the finish line of the Iditarod Gold Trail Loop in Deshka Landing at 5:08 a.m. today, claiming his fifth Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race championship. Seavey is now tied with mushing legend Rick Swenson with five total championships. Seavey had 10 dogs in harness …
With the Gold Trail Loop, there have been some elements of Iditarod that have been missing in 2021. That list would include – the wide wind-in-your-face Yukon River, the winds of Shaktoolik, the ground blizzards of Norton Bay, the fierce storms of the Gold Coast, Little McKinley, Topkok, the blow hole, the one of a …
Veteran Iditarod musher Dallas Seavey (bib #23) of Talkeetna, Alaska, was the first musher to reach the Skwentna (south) checkpoint today at 12:44 p.m. with 10 dogs. With the modified Iditarod Gold Trail Loop for the 2021 race, Northrim Bank’s award moved from the White Mountain checkpoint to the Skwentna checkpoint. Seavey receives a $2,500 …
Veteran Iditarod musher Dallas Seavey (bib #23), of Talkeetna, Alaska, was the first musher to reach the Rainy Pass checkpoint at 3:04 a.m. today with 12 dogs in harness, winning the Ryan Air Gold Coast Award. Ryan Air is a returning Lead Dog sponsor of the 2021 Iditarod. The award consists of $1,000 in gold nuggets and …
Veteran Iditarod musher Dennis Kananowicz (bib #8) of Tolsona, Alaska, scratched at 4:19 a.m. today at the McGrath (S) checkpoint. Kananowicz made the decision to scratch in the best interest of his race team. Kananowicz had 11 dogs in harness at the time he made the decision to scratch.
At the farthest end of the race, Ophir his returned to ghost town status. At the near end of the race, Finger Lake is about to get busy and stay busy for several days. With the checkpoint located right in front of Winter Lake Lodge, the proprietors of the Lodge, Kristin and Carl Dixon …
As of late Saturday afternoon, Iditarod the checkpoint has become Iditarod the ghost town and Rohn the ghost town has a population of 2 dog teams (Burmeister and Sass) plus volunteers. Dallas Seavey checked into Rohn and departed. More teams will arrive in Rohn within the hour. The field of the 2021 Iditarod is now …
